Christopher W. T. Woo (born December 25, 1957) is an American former competition

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and world record-holder. He represented the United States at the

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in Montreal, Quebec. Woo competed in the final of the men's 100-meter breaststroke and finished eighth in a time of 1:05.13. He also swam for the gold medal-winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the men's 4×100-meter medley relay, but did not receive a medal because he did not swim in the final.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes
Chris Woo
Retrieved November 18, 2012. In 1976 he set the U.S. national high school record in the 100-yard breaststroke at 55.99 seconds, which would stand as the record until broken by 1992 Olympic 100-meter breaststroke winner Nelson Diebel.Hawaii's Past Champions: Chris Woo
, Hawaii State Forum; retrieved 2009-06-22. Woo attended the

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(UCLA), where he swam for coach Ron Ballatore's

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swimming and diving team in

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(NCAA) competition. At the 1979

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championships, he won an individual title in the 100-yard breaststroke, and was a member of the Bruins' winning relay team in the 4x100-yard medley. Since his retirement from competition swimming, Woo became a dentist.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Woo, Chris 1957 births Living people American male breaststroke swimmers World record setters in swimming Olympic swimmers of the United States Swimmers from Honolulu Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics UCLA Bruins men's swimmers Wisconsin Badgers men's swimmers

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